Fountain pen and stand therefor



"June 3, 1930. WLFERRIS 1,762,103

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-35 formed of a single My invention more particularlyrelates. Vto a fountain pen andk stand therefor in which the portion of the pen holder which is en-f gaged by the fingers is kept free from'ink. 5 My invention will' best be understood by reference tothe accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 illustrates a stand and fountain pen embodying my invention, the stand being illustrated 10 pen in supported engagement with the stand and inside elevation; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the stand illustrated finFig. 1; Fig-3 is a fragmentary view similar to Fig. l, illustrating a modified form of a sleeve rfor sup# l5 porting theV fountainpen7 and Fig. l.iris a' Vplan view. of Figv.V

Like lreference characters i indicate Y lilre` parts throughoutthedrawings. y f ,y Referringr now tothe drawings inVwh-ich A 20 I have illustrated certain modifications of indicates generally` a stand my invention, 10 preferably having a flat base, the top portion of the stand, inthe form illustrated, having an irregular vcontour including a dome 100, althoughv it will, of course, be understood stand may =be formed with any desired con"- tour. In the embodiment illustrated, the

Vbody portion 1l-of the stand is` preferably j 30 formed of metal, particularly when thestand``V is to be weighted. The portion 11 isprefer ably covered with a layer 12 of suitable. although it will,

material such as rubber,

of course, be understood the standmay'be piece of material.A The stand is preferably provided ,with suitable legs 13 and a layer 14 of feltl or other suitable material is secured to the lower side thereof. g f g y vThe stand is provided with av suitable opening 15 which,as here shown,v is cylindrical in formf and preferably 'inclined to the vertical. i In the embodiment' illustrated7 a sleeve 16 4of hard rubber or V.other suitable 45 material is received inthe opening 15,`the

' upper end of the-sleeve being provided with an outwardly flared'annular flangel? The pen 18 of the fountain pen which .I havel indicated generally. at 19, is received inthe 50` opening20 of the sleeve, the annular flange;

in vertical section andthe ,out of. engagement ling the opening.

that the upper vrportion of the" spect to the body, ofthe stand, as illustrated.

`21lwhi`ch iscommnly formed at the `710W1VI1d ofthe ypen holder 22 vengaging the The wall surroundingrlthe opening 20`V of the `sleeve isy provided with inwarlyfextendl ing"' ,projections y28 illustrated as; fourrin number against at least two. of ywhich the pen contacts inorder to keep the pen point.`A

with-*they wall 'surroundthe stand, it will,of course,

be understood that thesame is supported inthe sleeve.v It isfv further while ,i have uuamad 1 a separate sleeve'l which isv received inthe 'opening 15inA results ,couldv I be"acconiplished without the `use ofaseparf ate sleeve bysimply makingv the openinggl Y Y in the stand of suitable.y dimensions andform f` 'tovsup'port thepen in theisamemanner as it evident'that the sleeve 16 maybeotherwise p formed, for examplepitfcould take the-formk Y ofvth'ekusual fountain pen cap i'niwhih, if

desired, a flanged sleeve ycould Vbe received which` in'fturny is yadapted to yReceive `the endl; i of the pen, andthe clai'rns are intended to,"

cover such"-a-construction."-

[11n accor lance withv Y'my invention, Vthe fountain pen issu'pported from the extreme "go lower end Vof thepen holder, this being acf fcomplishedinFigs. ljand 2 by theendof oft/the' flange 17'.,v Thef'fountain penfisiprevented-from turningfabout a-horizontal axis' in Fig.` 1 by engagement of'fthe pen with the inwardly extending projections onthe wallr of '-,thel stand surrounding the .openin'g20; llhe portion 23 of the 'pen holder which is engaged by thejfin'gers, the lowermostof 'jwhichis illustrated at 24, and which, rin

practice, isus'ually located about one-half or` threequarters ,of an inch yabove the lower tion of thepen4 which rvis engaged by the f fingers is therefore prevented. from .coming the. holder engaging the inner flared portion inv contactwith -thewalls ofthe standV surA rounding the peni in placingl the pen insand" im Y vwithdrawing the same from supporting engers. This is a disadvantage which has been present with stands supporting fountain pens with which I am familiar, since the lower portion of the pen holder has-been Vreceived in a receptacle, and in inserting the pen in and withdrawing it from supporting engagement with the receptacle the `walls surrounding the ortion of the pen holder engaged by theY ngers has been liable to be soiled withink from the pen so that when the portion of the pen holder engaged by the fingers has come in contact with such soiled portion of the stand, the pen holder itself has become likewise soiled which is, of course7 (highly objectionable to the user.

In accordance with my invention in which the portion of the pen holder engaged by the fingers is Vfreely exposed to the atmosphere when the pen is supported by the stand, there is no opportunity for the portion so engaged by the fingers to come in Contact with any portion of the walls of the stand in inserting the fountain pen in or Vwithdrawing it4 from supporting engagement with the stand, with the result that Y than the nib Y wider than the there is no possibility of the portion of the pen holder engaged by the fingers becoming soiled with ink.

In Figs. 3 and 4 I have illustrated a furthermodification in which the wall surrounding the opening 2O ofthe sleeve 163 is also provided with inwardly extending projections 2S. The upper end of the sleeve in this case is provided with a flange having a substantially flat upperV surface which is 1engaged by thelower end of the pen bar- Ie l j A It will, of course, be understood that in the embodiments illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, as well as in Figs. l and 2, the separate sleeve could be dispensed with and the opening in which the pen point is received be formed directly in the stand.

VI claim:

` A` stand for holding a fountain pen of the type having a pen nib and a barrel whose end adjacent to the pen nib is wider than the pen nib, which stand is provided with a base having an elongated recess with its aXis'inclined to the vertical and open at the top, the opening in the wall surrounding the top of the recess being narrower pen nib, whereby the pen nib may be passed into said recess through the open rend thereof, the wall of the base surrounding said opening being xed with respect tothe body of the stand and contactlng with the eXtreme'lower portion of Y the pen barrel, whereby the pen barrel is held against entrance into said recess to prevent contact between the walls of the re- .spaced end of the pen barrel andV cess and the finger engaging portion of the pen barrel, said finger engaging portion of the pen Vbarrel being unconfined and freely accessible to the fingers when in supported engagement with the stand, the wall surrounding said recess being provided with inwardly extending projections against two of which the nib of the pen contacts in order to maintain the pen point out of engagement with the walls of said recess and prevent the pen barrel from tipping over and falling out of the holder.

VVILLAM IRVNG FERRIS. 

